Envinate Lousas Rosende 2023

85% Mencía and 15% other varieties (Sousón, Merenzao, Alicante Bouschet, Grao Negro, others) from 28-60 year-old vines in the area of Rosende where the bedrock is light-colored granite with large feldspar crystals and the soils are light and coarse-grained. Fermented by parcel with 100% whole clusters in a large concrete tank and open-top vats with 35 days of maceration on the skins. Pressed to neutral varrels and a single 2000L foudre to finish. Bottled after a year of resting with no fining or filttering and only a small addition of sulfur.

The terroir imprint is clear here, with granite bedrock producing a Mencia reminiscent of Beaujolais' more robust crus.